Pre-Reading Research
This is a tropical storm that can cause severe damage; also known as a hurricane.
Typhoon
Author's use this strategy in writing to tell a "story within a story"; it is often of a memory from a character's past.
Flashback
This person gave the Seventh Man permission to go outside during the calm part of the storm as long as he came "right back at the first sign of wind."
The Seventh Man's father
For years, the Seventh Man would have "these" that included him swimming in the water and K trying to pull him under, with a huge grin on his face.
Nightmares
After the Seventh Man's father dies, his brother cleans out their old house before selling it and sends these to the Seventh Man.
K's paintings
This is a mental health condition that can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event
P.T.S.D?
This character was weak, had a speech impediment, and was a very good artist.
K
Why didn't K hear the Seventh Man to him in warning of the incoming wave?
He was concentrating / focused on something in the sand
The Seventh Man begged his parents to do "this" and once they did, he stayed away for 40 years.
Move away
After studying K's paintings daily, the Seventh Man is filled with warm memories and questions if he misinterpreted the events of that day. So he decides to do "this"
Return to the beach where it all happened
Symptoms of this can include intrusive thoughts, sleep issues, mood changes, physical symptoms, social withdrawal, loss of interest, and/or anger.
Survivor's guilt
When the story opens, our narrator is the last in a group to tell his story. What is his name as referred to throughout the story?
The Seventh Man
The Seventh Man couldn't rescue K from the wave because he was frozen with "this" emotion.
Fear
The Seventh Man avoided "this" for most of his life.
Water (ex. pools, lakes, rivers)
What did the Seventh Man experience while he stared out and studied the beach where K died?
A change within him; the "darkness lifted;" he began to feel "warm memories" of K
This mental health condition can be caused by experiencing a natural disaster, a car accident, physical abuse, war, or the sudden death of a loved one.
P.T.S.D
What did the Seventh Man believe his "role" to be in his childhood friendship with K?
Protector
The wave that came racing towards shore was described as this animal "poised to strike."
Snake
Despite many precautions, the Seventh Man couldn't get rid of the image of himself drowning. This is a word for a feeling that something bad will happen.
Premonition
The Seventh Man give this piece wisdom to the group of storytellers as he leaves them: "It comes to us in many different forms, at different times, and it overwhelms us. But the most frightening thing we can do is to turn our backs and close our eyes."
What is he referring to by "it?"
Fear
This storm made landfall as a category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, 2024. There was over 20 billion dollars in damage and twenty four people died.
Hurricane Milton
What is the calm circular area at the center of a tropical typhoon or hurricane?
Eye of the storm
What happpened to the Seventh Man after he believed to see the shape of K in the second incoming wave?
He lost consciousness
The symptoms that the Seventh Man experienced for the majority of his life were a result of this mental health condition.
P.T.S.D?
When the Seventh Man reflects on the wisdom he's gained, he says that when we give into fear, "we can take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case, that was the wave."
What precious thing is he referring to that is inside us?
Courage